In the interest of public safety, I am forwarding the attached photograph that I took of traffic signs duly erected by the authorities on either side of the exit of the slip road linking Red Hills Road and Washington Boulevard in the vicinity of the Dunrobin overpass/underpass.
It is time for Andrew Holness to end his party's cat-and-mouse game on Jamaica's accession to the criminal and civil jurisdictions of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).If the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) doesn't...
"There are three kinds of lies.Lies, damned lies and statistics." Nobody is absolutely certain who first came up with that classic, oft-repeated masterpiece, although writer Mark Twain and former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli...
The social planner desires for the public to enjoy the maximum surplus from participating in any market.In a market economy, however, suppliers have the discretion of selecting the quality and price of their goods and services...
The Archbishop of Accra is an impressive man. As he preached the homily on Sunday to thousands of Catholics gathered in the National Arena to celebrate 500 years of Christianity in Jamaica...
A recent story by Jack Rivlin in the London Evening Standard related that Arquimedes Nganga, a retired semi-professional footballer who claims his Christian faith ruined his chances of playing football for Manchester United and is, therefore, suing...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I refer to a comment made by People's National Party (PNP) chairman Robert Pickersgill on the use of monetary contributions made by Olint, the company which has fleeced millions of dollars from the Jamaican investor by way of a Ponzi...
The following is an excerpt from a speech given by Contractor General Greg Christie at the 26th annual installation of the president and officers of the Rotary Club of St Andrew North on Monday.Much has been said about this deadly scourge of corruption...
YESTERDAY'S REPORT by this newspaper of the decision by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to sell the old Machado Complex in downtown Kingston renews, for us, the subject of the Government's plan for that section of the city and what...
Archbishop of Kingston, the Most Rev Charles Dufour, is no raging liberal about to turn the theology of the Roman Catholic Church on its head and embark on a pro-gay campaign.But his recent statement calling for Jamaicans to be tolerant of homosexuals...
Dennie Quill, ContributorIt may not be widely known in Jamaica that today, June 27, has been designated National HIV Testing Day around the world.And it is not unusual for persons to shrug a disinterested shoulder at the topic of HIV, the virus that...
The following is an excerpt of a speech I delivered to HEART Trust/NTA career development officers (CDOs) at their retreat in Ocho Rios last Thursday...
This newspaper, like many Jamaicans, will be sorry to see Les Green leave our island.For eight years, the Scotsman has been an assistant commissioner of police, one of the Britons recruited to help improve the professionalism of the Jamaica Constabulary...
Daniel Thwaites' article, 'Gimme that old-time religion' (Sunday Gleaner, May 28, 2012) was both insightful and humorous - mirth intended to make one take a second look at well-intentioned actions such as those proposed...
Ronnie Thwaites knows that words are, of themselves, neither objects nor actions.So while we welcome the education minister's declaration of intent to hold teachers accountable, including the introduction of a system of performance-based compensation,...
Another thing burns my rear end (you can't write 'ass' in a newspaper).No, not a flame about three feet high. It's another product of modern feminism...
There is much we can usefully emulate from America. For instance, Americans have a public concern about fiscal sanity. Not us. In our public discourse, we've pretty much never seen a loan it wasn't good to take...
I have read your editorial of June 21, 2012, headlined 'Disrespecting Jamaica', with interest, and I welcome the opportunity to respond to your references, including that I "didn't do a good job"...
Several weeks ago, 21-year-old Kavorn Schue, sports coordinator for the Mountain View Police Youth Club, was shot dead in a house on Jarrett Lane during a police operation...
A few weeks ago, residents of Middleborough, Massachusetts, gathered for a town hall meeting.It was time to vote on a proposal to place a fine on the use of profanity in the community. The townsfolk were fed up ...
This newspaper welcomes the apparent formalisation of an agreement between the Jamaican Government and a subsidiary of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the completion and extension of the north-south leg of Highway 2000...
Greek voters walked up to the edge of the abyss last week.At the last moment, they stepped back. After threatening to elect a government that would tear up the austerity programme agreed with the country's European partners...
It would be most unfortunate if, at this late stage of his distinguished career, Mr Ralph Thompson were to be reduced to the ignoble stature of 'penis poet'.
